The New Way To Hatch And Grow An EMU Embryo ( Go Big Or Go Home)

[cochins1088]

Awesome! What incubator are you using?

 

[pax12]

Day 8 is the day i'm removing the part of the big end (Air sack area) I wanna give it time to grow alittle first.

 

[pax12]

Im using the hovabator.

 

[cochins1088]

I use a hovabator too, I just never thought an emu egg would fit, hahaha. I hope everything goes well and I will difinately be checking this daily.

 

[pax12]

Thank you

 

[pax12]

I checked the egg and its slowly getting warm. the shell is very thick and will prob take time to get to temp. Also I have the egg in a box with towls on the bottom and it seems the middle and the big end of the egg is warmer because the bottom is covered with the towl. could this be a problem if the whole egg isnt at the same temp?

 

[cochins1088]

I would give it a little more time to make sure that the bottom and middle really are warmer than the top, but if it is, then I would remove the box and towel. Maybe you could lay a smaller piece of cloth on the wire to keep the egg from rolling.

You might also want to try placing your thermometer at different heights in the incubator because the top is usually warmer than the bottom, thats why you are supposed to put the thermometer on top of the eggs. I don't know how much of a tempature difference there would be around the emu egg, but you may want to check into it. Just place the theremometer on the wire mesh and write down the tempature and then raise the thermometer to however hiegh the emu egg is and see what tempature it says there. If the incubator has a fan, then it probably won't be a problem. It's just something you may want to check.

 

[pax12]

This is what its in. temp on top is 97, bottom 96.

 

[Michelle R]

That is a cool lookin' egg! I'd like to see a pic with a standard chicken egg beside it to get an idea of the size. I'm looking forward to watching this!

 

[pax12]